Bombay Kitchen And Bar Penang — Restaurant in George Town

I went to Bombay Kitchen on Friday 29th after my daughter's convo. It was basically empty but i insisted on dining there with my family because it was new and was curious to try. We were greeted warmly by an Indian staff member who said the seating area that i chose would be uncomfortable (large wooden table nearby the bar area) and i complied. When we were seated, we mentioned to the staff we are celebrating my daughter's graduation. We ordered a chicken biryani which was mediocre in taste, we did mention the biryani rice was a tad bit soft and mushy, then the same staff came by to say the battered fish can't be done because the fish they had gone bad... OK... Was that a sign for us to leave? but we still gave the benefit of the doubt and persisted to order a tandoori chicken, capati, butter chicken, two coffees and 1 sweet lassi which was thin in texture compared to most places. My chicken tandoori came so late that i ate my garlic cheese naan out of hunger so when waiter served, i mentioned i had finished my bread and he asked if i wanted more naan and to which i answered is it on the house and he said yes but when he served the naan bread to me, he said this gesture is not for you but the lady celebrating her graduation but it wasn't my daughter who ordered the naan! Unnecessary remarks like that are not needed if the waiter wanted to make a great impression on service. After all we are paying patrons and not eating for free. The bartender on duty was more courteous. All in all it came to RM146. Butter chicken was a small portion and chicken meat cut into slices. Pistachio kulfi looked pale green but taste wise... More cream and the taste of pistachio and texture is totally lacking. Coffee is ordinary bru coffee but it is RM9 per cup. For a new restaurant and trying to make an impact or win patrons to their restaurant, i would say they have much to improve..... .. I hope they improvise...

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If you’ve ever found yourself wandering the colonial streets of George Town, desperately craving a solid feed that won’t make you weep into your wallet, you might stumble upon Bombay Kitchen. Which is lucky, because that’s exactly where I went.

The food was — and I’m using the technical term here — solid. Not in a brick-like, chew-it-for-hours way, but in a way where every bite makes you go, “Yeah, that’s what food’s meant to do.” Flavours danced around my mouth like tiny, well-trained spice fairies, and I can confirm: not a single dish tasted like regret.

The ambiance was decent. Not the kind of place you’d propose marriage, unless your partner really likes medium lighting and walls painted in the universally popular shade of “restaurant beige”. But it’s fine. You’re here to eat, not to do a TED Talk.

Service was wildly attentive. I swear if I’d blinked too slowly someone would’ve topped up my water. At one point I dropped my fork and within moments it was replaced, as if a cutlery ninja lurks within the staff. Impressive, and mildly unsettling.

The toilet, however, could do with a rethink. Not awful, but one of those where you find yourself questioning humanity’s priorities. I’ve seen better facilities in petrol stations, and I don’t say that lightly because I once went to a Malaysian petrol station toilet and cried.

Price-wise? Bang on for where it is. You’re in George Town, not some back alley behind a goat farm. You’ll pay a fair bit, but you won’t need to sell a kidney — which is good, because you’ll need both kidneys to process the sheer quantity of food you’ll...

It was our last night in Malaysia and we fancied having a curry. We also fancied a beer with it, and combining the two isn't always easy, as a lot of places don't sell alcohol.

We found Bombay Kitchen, very close to where we were staying, and decided to try it.

We get a lot of curries at home, but not made from fish, so we decided to go for that.

Starters were fish tikka, which was extremely good, and paneer tikka, large pieces of cheese cooked on a kebab with vegetables.

For our main course we ordered fish varuval, which was quite strong and malabar fish curry, which was milder with coconut. We also had garlic naan, which was thin and tasty and jeera rice.

In practice the fish tikka came first, then everything else came together and we just mixed and matched.

My wife found the fish varuval slightly hot, but it suited me, and she really liked the malabar curry.

We drank several beers and some water along with our food and got the beer at a slightly reduced happy hour price, which applies until 9pm.

We didn't manage to eat everything and rounded off the evening with a cocktail outside, where a very helpful member of staff gave us a fan.

The place was quite busy and the staff were helpful and attentive. A member of staff told us that they had a mainly international clientele.

This was a very positive last evening, surprisingly cheap by UK standards, with dishes that were well- prepared and a bit different from what we...